November 14, 2013
— Maetenloch
Hey I could get used to this new lifestyle. Sucks for the non-Platinum readers though.
Oh Noes: KRUGTRON, the Invincible Discovers Suburban Sprawl
Krugman comes close to suggesting that if suburban sprawl around Detroit had been prevented, Detroit would be fine today. He deplores Atlanta, precisely because it has allowed suburban growth. He endorses "smart growth" policies, "which try to promote compact centers with access to public transit." In other words, Krugman joins other liberals in wanting to use the force of the law to compel people to live in modes contrary to their revealed preferences (as most other economists would say). The irony is lost on Krugman that in order to promote social mobility, he wishes to use the power of government to prevent physical mobility-the right and ability of people to exit predatory, dysfunctional urban governments like Detroit.
It's a mystery to me why people like Krugman can still claim to be called "liberal." There is nothing liberal at all about them.
Meanwhile Obama and HUD Have Vays of Making You Live Correctly
And getting you out of your reactionary suburbs.
The new HUD rule is really about changing the way Americans live. It is part of a broader suite of initiatives designed to block suburban development, press Americans into hyper-dense cities, and force us out of our cars. Government-mandated ethnic and racial diversification plays a role in this scheme, yet the broader goal is forced "economic integration." The ultimate vision is to make all neighborhoods more or less alike, turning traditional cities into ultra-dense Manhattans, while making suburbs look more like cities do now. In this centrally-planned utopia, steadily increasing numbers will live cheek-by-jowl in "stack and pack" high-rises close to public transportation, while automobiles fall into relative disuse.
...Recalcitrant suburbs can also be brought to heel by lawsuits claiming violations of federal fair housing law. California's SB375 facilitates such suits by placing the burden of proof on local jurisdictions accused of housing discrimination. Such legal claims are often brought by leftist community organizations of the type currently funded through the Obama administration's grant.
And Some More Classic KRUGTRON on ObamaCare
"The plan, this thing is going to work, it's going to be extremely popular, and it's going to wreak havoc with conservative ideology."
-- Paul Krugman, July 2013
ObamaCare Schadenfreudlamadingdong
Look all the other cool kidz have already read Jonah's essay - what's wrong with you?
If you can't take some joy, some modicum of relief and mirth, in the unprecedentedly spectacular beclowning of the president, his administration, its enablers, and, to no small degree, liberalism itself, then you need to ask yourself why you're following politics in the first place. Because, frankly, this has been one of the most enjoyable political moments of my lifetime. I wake up in the morning and rush to find my just-delivered newspaper with a joyful expectation of worsening news so intense, I feel like Morgan Freeman should be narrating my trek to the front lawn. Indeed, not since Dan Rather handcuffed himself to a fraudulent typewriter, hurled it into the abyss, and saw his career plummet like Ted Kennedy was behind the wheel have I enjoyed a story more....But as a political and ideological matter, this is beyond fantastic. For years we've been told that Democrats were more "reality-based," that "facts have a liberal bias," in the words of Paul Krugman, and that if they could just have their way, they could fix all of our problems. No one represented this arrogant promise more than Barack Obama himself. But, with an irony so rich it would be made of Corinthian leather if it was a car seat, the only way he could get his signature legislation passed was to baldly and brazenly lie about it, over and over and over again. He created a rhetorical cloud castle where no one would lose his insurance, every family would save thousands of dollars, and millions of the uninsured would suddenly get coverage. Anyone who doubted this was called a fool or a liar, or even a racist. It was, in the parlance of liberalism, a "false choice" to assert that Obamacare couldn't be a floor wax and a dessert topping.
And all of this - every bit of it - is their own fault.
Mark Steyn: Render Unto Seizure
It's illegal to break the law. It's also illegal to avoid breaking the law. Welcome to Red Queen Rules America.
American Microclimates of Exclusivity
Is paying extra for Economy Plus, Flash Passes, or AoSHQ Platinum just another example of class segregation or the ultimate in democracy?
M1 Speed Talking: 8 Shots in 1.36 Seconds
Fast Bow: 10 Arrows in 5 Seconds
Secrets of the Viking Ulfbehrt Sword
Sweden's Ice Hotel Required to Install Fire Alarms
On the Liberal Pussification of the NFL
Sundays make me ashamed to be an American. What was once a day for worship, reading the Bible, and cataloging your neighbors' sins has been utterly eroded by the National Football League (NFL). Or as I like to call it: the New Front for Leftism.
...I'm not trying to do away with professional football. I have fond memories of teaching the game to Brigitta, an old flame from my salad days in West Germany. "This, America," I remember her saying one afternoon as she clutched the pigskin, her hair enticingly disheveled. She had been chasing me around the hop fields while carrying a plate of Kalbsleberwurst and Lachsschinken. I was still flush from the times I let her catch me. We ate Braunschweiger in the long grass. And I punted that ball clean across the Ardennes.
California To Require Porn Actors to Wear Safety Glasses?
Well I guess the goggle fetishists will be happy.
A Draft from the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA) may require porn actors to use condoms on shoots--not too surprising for an industry laden with STIs.A bill called AB640, which requires condoms on porn shoots by law, is currently stalled in the Senate.
However, the new 21-page draft may also require actors to have sex during porn while wearing safety goggles.
The OSHA claims goggles will avoid semen from entering the eyes, a body part susceptible to diseases such as HIV and Chlamydia.
Well they're mammals with mammal needs and you can only swim around the tank so many times before that fish torso starts looking pretty damn hawt.
Yahoo group. That is all.
The group thingy. And the middle class.
And my Twitter spew.
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Posted by: The Political Hat at November 14, 2013 05:51 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: cm9000 at November 14, 2013 05:54 PM (3qZbZ)
Posted by: AltonJackson at November 14, 2013 05:54 PM (JMmQ9)
Thank you Irena for saving so many and at such risk and cost.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 14, 2013 05:54 PM (0fdrC)
first? Meh, probably not.
In the "in the obscure good football games" category; if you have Fox Sports 1, there is a pretty good game going on, Tulsa and Marshall. Marshall looked like they were going to blow the doors off of Tulsa but no. Tulsa has come back and made it a game.
Posted by: puddleglum at November 14, 2013 05:54 PM (C0EH5)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 14, 2013 05:55 PM (0fdrC)
Posted by: NCKate at November 14, 2013 05:56 PM (w7CQT)
FS1 was supposed to get the Speed Channel slot on Time Warner basic, but it hasn't. Not good for the ratings
Posted by: phreshone at November 14, 2013 05:57 PM (Pr6hk)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 14, 2013 05:57 PM (23Kgq)
Although I'm sure the cash would have been nice.
Posted by: Long-time Commenter, First-time Reader at November 14, 2013 05:57 PM (pl1y3)
Posted by: logprof at November 14, 2013 05:58 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: The Political Hat at November 14, 2013 05:58 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: zane at November 14, 2013 05:58 PM (p95oR)
Posted by: Paul Kruddman at November 14, 2013 05:59 PM (ZyqBH)
I am not surprised by the wussification of Norwegian culture. All the real men moved to Iceland to get away from Harald Fairhair, or so the Icelandic sagas assure us.
Posted by: Grey Fox at November 14, 2013 06:00 PM (fHwkH)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at November 14, 2013 06:01 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 14, 2013 06:02 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Div at November 14, 2013 06:02 PM (FMbng)
Obama/Dems are irresponsible. Obama/Dems are not competent, reasonable, or sensible. Obama/Dems do not listen and do not care about people.
None of the Obama/Dem problems would be going on right now if they listened. Millions of people are losing their insurance and their doctors because Obama/Dems do not care -- no matter what they try to claim now.
Pretty boring stuff to conservatives, but conservatives are not the people that need these messages.
Posted by: jc at November 14, 2013 06:02 PM (i8c5b)
Posted by: GnuBreed at November 14, 2013 06:02 PM (cHZB7)
Posted by: The Uncensored Hat at November 14, 2013 06:02 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: CarolT at November 14, 2013 06:03 PM (+wNWT)
Posted by: Stuff TFG Said, Vol. 8 at November 14, 2013 06:03 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: navycopjoe at November 14, 2013 06:04 PM (oi+Yq)
Posted by: AoSHQ Stylebook at November 14, 2013 06:04 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Iowa Bob at November 14, 2013 06:04 PM (SREVj)
Posted by: eman at November 14, 2013 06:05 PM (AO9UG)
Posted by: carol's husband suffering from hunger pains at November 14, 2013 06:05 PM (oi+Yq)
Posted by: Thrawn at November 14, 2013 06:06 PM (ZyqBH)
Well now we know who is really thinking for him. The Feline Mafia. "Strength Through Superior Cat-Nip."
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 14, 2013 06:06 PM (0fdrC)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™, drinking beer at November 14, 2013 06:07 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at November 14, 2013 06:07 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: steveegg at November 14, 2013 06:07 PM (o44nj)
Posted by: huerfano at November 14, 2013 06:08 PM (bAGA/)
I'm still at work. I should be Home within 45 minutes.
good
dinner isn't going to cook itself
Posted by: carol's husband suffering from hunger pains at November 14, 2013 10:05 PM (oi+Yq)
And these safety goggles aren't going to don themselves.
Posted by: carol's husband at November 14, 2013 06:08 PM (BAS5M)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 14, 2013 06:09 PM (0fdrC)
"Those who want everyone packed into cities still think every city is like 1963 Greenwich Village"
Posted by: kbdabear at November 14, 2013 06:09 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at November 14, 2013 06:09 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: puddleglum at November 14, 2013 06:10 PM (C0EH5)
Posted by: Minnesota Vikings at November 14, 2013 06:10 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: lymond at November 14, 2013 06:10 PM (fzxq4)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 14, 2013 06:10 PM (0fdrC)
Posted by: D-Lamp at November 14, 2013 06:10 PM (bb5+k)
One: I'd like to suplex the KRUGTRON from the top rope Jimmy Super Fly Snuka style.
Two: Those so called "suburban" homes are still too tightly packed.
Those look like 1/10th of an acre plots.
Minimum two acres is what I would consider the appropriate amount of space between me and my neighbor.
Posted by: Kreplach at November 14, 2013 06:11 PM (dwtaK)
Posted by: Science at November 14, 2013 06:11 PM (Tth1q)
Posted by: Jmel at November 14, 2013 06:11 PM (cfFqn)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at November 14, 2013 10:09 PM (HVff2)
Hmmm...
well......
but then.....
yeah I got nothing
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Div at November 14, 2013 06:11 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: [/i][/b][/u][/s] Tami at November 14, 2013 06:12 PM (bCEmE)
Posted by: RS at November 14, 2013 06:12 PM (YAGV/)
Posted by: logprof at November 14, 2013 06:12 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: toby928© at November 14, 2013 06:13 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at November 14, 2013 06:13 PM (0fdrC)
Posted by: GnuBreed at November 14, 2013 06:13 PM (cHZB7)
Posted by: CarolT at November 14, 2013 06:13 PM (+wNWT)
Posted by: mpfs at November 14, 2013 06:13 PM (Fjdw8)
Krugtron has special needs though. It's hard to hold elite dinner parties in a 200 square ft flat, and many buildings don't allow cats
Posted by: kbdabear at November 14, 2013 06:13 PM (aTXUx)
Their most major fallacy is that they think they can "improve" man.
Posted by: D-Lamp at November 14, 2013 10:10 PM (bb5+k)
It's worse than that...they think they can perfect man.
Posted by: Tami at November 14, 2013 10:12 PM (bCEmE)
It stems from their desire To Serve Man.
Posted by: Count de Monet at November 14, 2013 06:13 PM (BAS5M)
Posted by: D-Lamp at November 14, 2013 06:14 PM (bb5+k)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at November 14, 2013 06:15 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: MTF at November 14, 2013 06:15 PM (F58x4)
Posted by: logprof at November 14, 2013 06:15 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at November 14, 2013 06:15 PM (vHRtU)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 14, 2013 06:16 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Hibernian Hooligan at November 14, 2013 06:17 PM (6rcHp)
Posted by: Thunderb at November 14, 2013 06:17 PM (zOTsN)
hmm...
Drinks scotch...
Scratches chin....
ponders...
Drinks scotch...
Posted by: Kreplach at November 14, 2013 06:17 PM (dwtaK)
"It's a mystery to me why people like Krugman can still claim to be called "liberal." There is nothing liberal at all about them."
Because that's what they wish to be called, and Limbaugh and Hannity and most other "conservatives" think its some kind of insult.
Posted by: burmatar at November 14, 2013 06:17 PM (khpOW)
Posted by: toby928© at November 14, 2013 06:17 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at November 14, 2013 10:15 PM (vHRtU)
Nice one.
Posted by: Count de Monet at November 14, 2013 06:18 PM (BAS5M)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at November 14, 2013 06:18 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: logprof at November 14, 2013 06:19 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: (Not) America's Hat at November 14, 2013 06:19 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Y-not on the phone at November 14, 2013 06:19 PM (zDsvJ)
Posted by: Sabrina Chase at November 14, 2013 06:19 PM (2buaQ)
Posted by: Mike at November 14, 2013 06:19 PM (Rk8LS)
"It's a mystery to me why people like Krugman can still claim to be called "liberal." There is nothing liberal at all about them."
Because that's what they wish to be called, and Limbaugh and Hannity and most other "conservatives" think its some kind of insult.
Posted by: burmatar at November 14, 2013 10:17 PM (khpOW)
That's why you stick an "e" in "lieberal".
Posted by: steveegg at November 14, 2013 06:20 PM (o44nj)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 14, 2013 06:20 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: logprof at November 14, 2013 06:20 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: D-Lamp at November 14, 2013 06:20 PM (bb5+k)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 14, 2013 06:21 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Paul Krugman at November 14, 2013 06:21 PM (UvR6d)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™, drinking beer at November 14, 2013 06:21 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at November 14, 2013 06:21 PM (HVff2)
Fuck Algore.
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 14, 2013 10:20 PM (GEICT)
With or without barbs?
Posted by: steveegg at November 14, 2013 06:21 PM (o44nj)
Posted by: Bubbles at November 14, 2013 06:21 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: 840 Chuck at November 14, 2013 06:22 PM (c14Mz)
Nope, he just got to die in a Soviet prison.
Posted by: huerfano at November 14, 2013 06:22 PM (bAGA/)
Posted by: toby928© at November 14, 2013 06:22 PM (QupBk)
Posted by: Новая советская at November 14, 2013 06:22 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: WildTrillium at November 14, 2013 06:23 PM (mawEA)
Posted by: Y-not on the phone at November 14, 2013 06:23 PM (zDsvJ)
They OFTEN pick some loser over someone who is actually worthy. What is wrong with the Nobel Prize committee is a microcosm of what has become wrong with Sweden in general.
Europeans have lost their fucking minds.
(And we aren't far behind.)
Posted by: D-Lamp at November 14, 2013 10:14 PM (bb5+k)
Minor correction - it's the Norwegians that handle the Piece Prize. The Swedes handle the rest of the Nobel lot.
Posted by: steveegg at November 14, 2013 06:23 PM (o44nj)
And there's a link from Drudge about a hidden surtax of 3.8% on home sales that have capital gains of $500,000 or greater that's going to Obamacare funding!
Posted by: andycanuck at November 14, 2013 06:24 PM (7Owhn)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 14, 2013 06:24 PM (ZPrif)
Take a city like New York City which is already densely packed with virtually no new housing stock and very little land on which to build said mega complexes.
New York can barely house the people it has now what makes idiots like KRUGTRON think you can millions more into it?
Posted by: Kreplach at November 14, 2013 06:24 PM (dwtaK)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 14, 2013 06:25 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: puddleglum at November 14, 2013 06:25 PM (C0EH5)
They have personal shoppers, so they don't even sweat walking home with bags of groceries hoping they don't get mugged or raped in the stairwell of a poorly maintained tower block with a busted elevator.
There's probably plenty of drones who would love to live in San Francisco but for the rent on a 1 bedroom apartment in Ingleside they could probably have a modest but comfortable home in Walnut Creek
Posted by: kbdabear at November 14, 2013 06:25 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 14, 2013 06:25 PM (++ihI)
Posted by: D-Lamp at November 14, 2013 06:25 PM (bb5+k)
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/paul-krugmans-house/ Posted by: WildTrillium at November 14, 2013 10:23 PM
Dude needs to swing by the Home Depot and pick up some yard guys. That place looks like shit.
Posted by: huerfano at November 14, 2013 06:25 PM (bAGA/)
Posted by: Valerie Jarrett at November 14, 2013 06:26 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: ChristyBlinky is a genius compared to preznit at November 14, 2013 06:26 PM (baL2B)
Posted by: Thunderb at November 14, 2013 06:26 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Judge Dredd at November 14, 2013 06:27 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: rickl at November 14, 2013 06:27 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at November 14, 2013 06:27 PM (HVff2)
In the suburb I live in (Redmond) they are really cranking up the development of large soviet style blocks of apartment complexes. Oh, they paint them quasi bright colors, but that doesn't hide the blight. And in one case they didn't even bother to paint the apartment building, it is industrial grey concrete.
they want a "walkable urban city center" but the trouble is that there are still a ton of cars driving through their vision of European utopia and what is happening is that the place is becoming even less safe for walking.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at November 14, 2013 06:27 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at November 14, 2013 06:28 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: logprof at November 14, 2013 06:28 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 14, 2013 06:28 PM (++ihI)
Posted by: Thunderb at November 14, 2013 06:28 PM (zOTsN)
Redmond is also the city that recently embraced the homeless camping in front of the library with a glowing article in the local paper, the library employees claimed to see no problem with it, the police said they didn't have a problem with it. Even the people who were waiting at the bus stop gushed about how great it was that the homeless had a place to camp under the shelter of the library overhang.
Surprising no one with a functioning brain, in the few weeks since the article appeared the number of homeless in the area has at least tripled. They are now camped out all over the place.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at November 14, 2013 06:30 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: D-Lamp at November 14, 2013 06:30 PM (bb5+k)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 14, 2013 10:21 PM (ZPrif)
I do too. The modern Left is not liberal.
Posted by: cm9000 at November 14, 2013 06:30 PM (3qZbZ)
Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at November 14, 2013 06:30 PM (V3kRK)
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at November 14, 2013 06:31 PM (Xlbr8)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 14, 2013 06:31 PM (ZPrif)
They never stop to consider that demanding everyone walk miles carrying groceries/bike to work/etc is ageist and ableist.
Or maybe they do, and they expect old people and crippled people to FOAD.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™, drinking beer at November 14, 2013 06:31 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at November 14, 2013 06:31 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: --- at November 14, 2013 06:32 PM (MMC8r)
Irena Sendler has a better award than the Nobel Peace Prize. She is Righteous among The Nations, the nicest thing the Joos can say about you if you aren't one.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at November 14, 2013 06:32 PM (xq1UY)
Saves 'em a trip on the El.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™, drinking beer at November 14, 2013 06:32 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at November 14, 2013 06:32 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Omar Little at November 14, 2013 06:33 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: Jeffrey Pelt at November 14, 2013 06:33 PM (Jsiw/)
Posted by: Thrawn at November 14, 2013 06:33 PM (ZyqBH)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 14, 2013 06:34 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: D-Lamp at November 14, 2013 06:34 PM (bb5+k)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 14, 2013 06:34 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 14, 2013 06:35 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 14, 2013 06:35 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI at November 14, 2013 06:35 PM (7UXAV)
No, the leftist elite of Los Angeles prefer Beverly Hills, Century City, Palos Verde, West LA, or Brentwood. In homes that are quite roomy
Even the bad neighborhoods are mainly single family wood frame or stucco houses
Posted by: kbdabear at November 14, 2013 06:35 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 14, 2013 06:35 PM (++ihI)
Posted by: rickl at November 14, 2013 06:36 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 14, 2013 06:36 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: FRONT TOWARD LEFT at November 14, 2013 06:36 PM (V3kRK)
I spent two weeks in Seattle about ten years ago and the homeless were everywhere walking around like zombies especially near the pike street market.
I did like the troll under the bridge though and the zoo.
Posted by: Kreplach at November 14, 2013 06:37 PM (dwtaK)
Posted by: Hrothgar Establishment RINO at November 14, 2013 06:37 PM (XdnQT)
http://tinyurl.com/mj5gwoe
Here's a Ford critique from a liberal source:
http://tinyurl.com/n6mbt54
BTW, he stopped the leftists on council from not only banning plastic bags but he got enough other councillors onside to get rid of an existing ¢5 plastic bag environmental fee. (For those who read last night's ONT.)
The pussy comment was quoting an accuser (you know, with the same media that wants kids to be taught how to fist getting the fucking vapours over the word "pussy"):
http://tinyurl.com/lfvhmqw
Posted by: andycanuck at November 14, 2013 06:38 PM (7Owhn)
Posted by: fluffy; filthiest Ice Wop in four counties at November 14, 2013 06:38 PM (Ua6T/)
Posted by: D-Lamp at November 14, 2013 06:39 PM (bb5+k)
Posted by: Zombie Davy Crockett at November 14, 2013 06:40 PM (aDwsi)
Or maybe they do, and they expect old people and crippled people to FOAD.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™, drinking beer at November 14, 2013 10:31 PM (hO8IJ)
That's the whole point of PlaceboCare.
Posted by: steveegg at November 14, 2013 06:40 PM (o44nj)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 14, 2013 06:41 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 14, 2013 06:41 PM (QvC2u)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 14, 2013 06:41 PM (23Kgq)
Does he still have that farm with the toxic runoff going into the local streams?
Posted by: HeatherRadish™, drinking beer at November 14, 2013 06:42 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: DC in Towson at November 14, 2013 06:42 PM (eQJwb)
Posted by: andycanuck at November 14, 2013 06:42 PM (7Owhn)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at November 14, 2013 06:42 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at November 14, 2013 06:42 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 14, 2013 06:42 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 14, 2013 06:42 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Thrawn at November 14, 2013 06:42 PM (ZyqBH)
Posted by: D-Lamp at November 14, 2013 06:43 PM (bb5+k)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 14, 2013 06:43 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Thunderb at November 14, 2013 06:44 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 14, 2013 06:44 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 14, 2013 06:44 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at November 14, 2013 06:44 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: logprof at November 14, 2013 06:44 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 14, 2013 06:44 PM (ZPrif)
If you're infected while pregnant, your baby can go blind.
There's a really gross photo illustration on Wikipedia.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™, drinking beer at November 14, 2013 06:44 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: kbdabear at November 14, 2013 06:45 PM (aTXUx)
There's probably plenty of drones who would love to live in San Francisco but for the rent on a 1 bedroom apartment in Ingleside they could probably have a modest but comfortable home in Walnut Creek
Posted by: kbdabear at November 14, 2013 10:25 PM (aTXUx)
That's a major reason the CA commies are pushing high speed rail. So they can commute from their large but low-cost houses in the Central Valley to their jobs in Frisco.
Yeah, I call it Frisco because it pisses off the natives.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 14, 2013 06:45 PM (MBqvE)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 14, 2013 06:45 PM (QvC2u)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Hibernian Hooligan at November 14, 2013 06:45 PM (6rcHp)
Posted by: DC in Towson at November 14, 2013 06:45 PM (eQJwb)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at November 14, 2013 06:46 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: Donna V. at November 14, 2013 06:46 PM (R3gO3)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™, drinking beer at November 14, 2013 06:46 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 14, 2013 06:46 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Ostral B Heretic at November 14, 2013 06:47 PM (2vl2+)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 14, 2013 06:47 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at November 14, 2013 06:47 PM (HVff2)
Eek.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 14, 2013 10:41 PM (QvC2u)
Thats why you wear goggles girl.
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at November 14, 2013 06:47 PM (3qZbZ)
Paris and many other European cities are setup the opposite of American cities, with the well heeled living in the city centers while the slums are built in the suburbs
Posted by: kbdabear at November 14, 2013 06:48 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 14, 2013 06:48 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Moki at November 14, 2013 06:49 PM (EvHC8)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 14, 2013 06:49 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: logprof at November 14, 2013 06:49 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: fluffy at November 14, 2013 06:49 PM (Ua6T/)
Posted by: kbdabear at November 14, 2013 06:50 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 14, 2013 06:50 PM (Z9EHQ)
Some student was murdered on the front steps of the dorm, and you could hear gunshots all around at night.
I never went out at night after getting back from Rockwell. Never. Ever. I rolled in, parked in the gated/locked garage, and hunkered down until morning.
It was purgatory
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at November 14, 2013 06:50 PM (Xlbr8)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 14, 2013 06:50 PM (ZPrif)
If you could buy him for what he's worth and sell him for what he thinks he's worth, you'd never have to work again.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™, drinking beer at November 14, 2013 06:51 PM (hO8IJ)
ROTFFLMAO...
Posted by: OG Celtic-American at November 14, 2013 06:51 PM (vHRtU)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Hibernian Hooligan at November 14, 2013 06:51 PM (6rcHp)
The Germans are into that kind of thing
Posted by: kbdabear at November 14, 2013 06:51 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at November 14, 2013 06:51 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at November 14, 2013 06:51 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at November 14, 2013 06:52 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Donna V. at November 14, 2013 06:53 PM (R3gO3)
Ever see a genuine pair of RAF flying goggles? I have a pair. They're great.
The segmented glass, with a flat front, allows installation of prescription lenses, so you don't have to worry about getting suddenly strangled by the wind under a face-shield, or having contact lenses blow out. On motor cycle trips I looked like a raccoon after the third day, from having just that part covered up. Best part --
On the polished metal glass-retaining frame, sidewise up the nase so to speak, reading from bridge to brow, is the name of the manufacturer:
Climax.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at November 14, 2013 06:53 PM (xq1UY)
Posted by: BignJames at November 14, 2013 06:53 PM (j7iSn)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 14, 2013 06:53 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 14, 2013 06:53 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: My Name is Nobody at November 14, 2013 06:53 PM (5Q1ZU)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at November 14, 2013 06:53 PM (HVff2)
I have to comment on the amazing Irena Sendler. My kids got to meet her and hear her talk at their school in Warsaw, before she died. Absolutely a wonderful person, sweet, gentle but made of iron. And effing preezy got the Nobel peace prize when she was nominated. This told me all I needed to know about the Nobel judges. Jerkwads.
Posted by: Moki at November 14, 2013 10:49 PM (EvHC
I envy your kids.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 14, 2013 06:54 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Eddie Baby at November 14, 2013 06:54 PM (AHjmx)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 14, 2013 06:54 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at November 14, 2013 06:54 PM (Xlbr8)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at November 14, 2013 06:55 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 14, 2013 06:55 PM (QvC2u)
Posted by: Bufalobob at November 14, 2013 06:55 PM (r8ENS)
Posted by: AltonJackson at November 14, 2013 06:55 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: GnuBreed at November 14, 2013 10:13 PM (cHZB7)
Agreed. I'm on 7.5 acres and feel the same way. Although I can't actually see the neighboring houses, I can hear them. Based on my own experience, I think that the minimum lot size guaranteed to give you some peace and quiet is 50 acres...and that is only if all your neighbors are also on 50 acre lots.
Posted by: HTL at November 14, 2013 06:55 PM (DV75s)
Posted by: DC in Towson at November 14, 2013 06:56 PM (eQJwb)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at November 14, 2013 06:56 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™, drinking beer at November 14, 2013 06:56 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 14, 2013 06:56 PM (GEICT)
Perhaps more. The little fcuker is always after something for nothing, and with a brain the size of a pecan, he probably has bought into the whole idea.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 14, 2013 10:48 PM (aDwsi)
Felines these days, I tell ya.
I blame public education.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea at November 14, 2013 10:55 PM (CA2NO)
For felines or Mike's inability to spell "fuck"?
Posted by: steveegg at November 14, 2013 06:57 PM (o44nj)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 14, 2013 06:57 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: DC in Towson at November 14, 2013 06:57 PM (eQJwb)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 14, 2013 06:58 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Alfred Krupps at November 14, 2013 06:58 PM (Ua6T/)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 14, 2013 06:58 PM (QvC2u)
Posted by: Purp at November 14, 2013 10:54 PM (Xlbr
Don't forget the Robert Taylor Projects.
I remember those fucking hell-holes. Visiting Chicago was entertaining. Plotting your drive to stay as far away as possible from the government housing Shangri-La.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 14, 2013 06:58 PM (oJ5Fd)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at November 14, 2013 10:27 PM
Dull grey concrete apartment blocks in a region that averages 230 rainy or cloudy days a year. That sounds as about cheery as Liverpool
Posted by: kbdabear at November 14, 2013 06:59 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: Y-not, prude at November 14, 2013 06:59 PM (zDsvJ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 14, 2013 06:59 PM (Z9EHQ)
231 Because the projects have worked so well for black families Krugman wants white families to enjoy the perks. Posted by: Bufalobob at November 14, 2013 10:55 PM (r8ENS)
They're all about redistributing the misery. It isn't fair that little Jenny gets to grow up in a house with a white picket fence and a backyard while Jamal in the inner city grows up rubbing shoulders with pimps and crack hos. Jenny needs to have that experience too.
Posted by: Donna V. at November 14, 2013 06:59 PM (R3gO3)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 14, 2013 07:00 PM (++ihI)
Buy 50, keep 1 in the middle, then give the rest to the Nature Conservancy so you don't have to pay taxes on it and write it off on your taxes as a charitable donation. You just created an impenetrable wall of privacy.
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at November 14, 2013 07:00 PM (Xlbr8)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at November 14, 2013 07:00 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: rrpjr at November 14, 2013 07:00 PM (bPj2Q)
Posted by: DC in Towson at November 14, 2013 07:00 PM (eQJwb)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 14, 2013 07:00 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Moki at November 14, 2013 07:01 PM (EvHC8)
I had a smoked bourbon old-fashioned this evening.
Live is, occasionally, grand in NJ.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 14, 2013 07:01 PM (oJ5Fd)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at November 14, 2013 07:01 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Monica Lewinsky, Presidential Humidor at November 14, 2013 07:01 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at November 14, 2013 07:02 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston at November 14, 2013 07:02 PM (KCvsd)
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at November 14, 2013 07:02 PM (QB4Dm)
Posted by: Y-not, prude at November 14, 2013 10:59 PM (zDsvJ)
You'd probably need to find a guy who's never used a computer. So either a guy nearing 100, or an extremely poor third worlder.
Posted by: mugiwara at November 14, 2013 07:03 PM (hpYnL)
I'll note without comment that the Nobel committee has only awarded a single Peace Prize to ANYONE in connection with the Holocaust, Elie Wiesel. But only for his literary work after the fact.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 14, 2013 07:03 PM (MBqvE)
Dy-no-mite!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeDdt6X8vFU
Posted by: HeatherRadish™, drinking beer at November 14, 2013 07:03 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: Y-not, prude at November 14, 2013 07:03 PM (zDsvJ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 14, 2013 07:03 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at November 14, 2013 07:04 PM (++ihI)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 14, 2013 07:04 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: 840 Chuck at November 14, 2013 07:04 PM (c14Mz)
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 14, 2013 07:04 PM (QvC2u)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 14, 2013 10:59 PM (Z9EHQ)
You're supposed to say it three times. Like "Beetlejuice".
Posted by: Colorado Alex at November 14, 2013 07:04 PM (lr3d7)
Posted by: DC in Towson at November 14, 2013 07:04 PM (eQJwb)
Posted by: Michael Douglas at November 14, 2013 07:04 PM (GgPam)
By the 80's they were boarded up and abandoned as hopeless crime magnets. By the 90's they were torn down and reverted to a grassy field.
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at November 14, 2013 07:05 PM (Xlbr8)
NYC in the 70s was such a fucking depressing place to be that I actually felt better going back into New Jersey
Posted by: kbdabear at November 14, 2013 07:06 PM (aTXUx)
As a general rule my family treats all wild animals as the assholes they are, dolphins included. In fact the rule is that the smarter the animal, the bigger an asshole it is.
We leave them all alone.
Posted by: BuckIV at November 14, 2013 07:06 PM (CLfqv)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at November 14, 2013 07:07 PM (HVff2)
Obama excuse checklist:
[ ] Taken out of context
[ ] Republicans blocked him
[ ] WeÂ’re racist
[ ] Bush was worse
[ ] HeÂ’s only just the president
[✔] He had no knowledge of it
[ ] WeÂ’re racist
[ ] ItÂ’s only been five years
Posted by: flashoverride at November 14, 2013 07:07 PM (lP+VW)
Posted by: Northernlurker at November 14, 2013 07:07 PM (BLAfs)
Posted by: andycanuck at November 14, 2013 07:07 PM (7Owhn)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 14, 2013 07:07 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 14, 2013 07:08 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: logprof at November 14, 2013 07:08 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: D-Lamp at November 14, 2013 07:08 PM (bb5+k)
Posted by: --- at November 14, 2013 07:09 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Y-not, popping popcorn at November 14, 2013 07:09 PM (zDsvJ)
Posted by: 840 Chuck at November 14, 2013 07:09 PM (c14Mz)
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at November 14, 2013 07:10 PM (Xlbr8)
if you say it standing in front of a case of beer with a plate of warmish burritos, she will instantly appear in punch you in the nose.
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 14, 2013 11:07 PM (Z9EHQ)
I make a weekly sacrifice of chicken parmesan to appease her wrath.
Posted by: Colorado Alex at November 14, 2013 07:10 PM (lr3d7)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 14, 2013 07:10 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: mpfs at November 14, 2013 07:10 PM (Fjdw8)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at November 14, 2013 07:11 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 14, 2013 07:11 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Moki at November 14, 2013 11:01 PM (EvHC
Very interesting, Moki. There used to be an old Polish cleaning lady at my place of employment. She was sad when John Paul II died. She said "he was so nice to us when he was bishop of Krakow." A few days later, she brought in pictures of her daughter's wedding - JPII had performed the ceremony.
It's a small country.
Posted by: Donna V. at November 14, 2013 07:11 PM (R3gO3)
I grew up in the Bronx in the 70's and 80's to say that New York was a shit hole does a disservice to holes made of shit.
And this is the future the progressives have in store for us, crime ridden mega-cities for the proles, stately mansions for the swells.
Posted by: Kreplach at November 14, 2013 07:11 PM (dwtaK)
Good night zombie horde. I'll check on you in a few hours.
Posted by: dogfish at November 14, 2013 07:12 PM (nsOJa)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at November 14, 2013 07:12 PM (CA2NO)
Posted by: profligatewaste at November 14, 2013 07:12 PM (R3JkO)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 14, 2013 07:12 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Gingy @GingyNorth at November 14, 2013 07:13 PM (N/cFh)
Posted by: Y-not, popping popcorn at November 14, 2013 07:13 PM (zDsvJ)
Posted by: My Name is Nobody at November 14, 2013 07:14 PM (5Q1ZU)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 14, 2013 07:14 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at November 14, 2013 07:14 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 14, 2013 07:14 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Criminal Scum at November 14, 2013 07:14 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at November 14, 2013 07:15 PM (ZPrif)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 14, 2013 07:16 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at November 14, 2013 07:16 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 14, 2013 07:16 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: 840 Chuck at November 14, 2013 07:17 PM (c14Mz)
Turns out, it's manufactured by Rhinelander Brewing in Monroe, WI (yup, lot's of surfin' goin' on among the cheeseheads), and the "India Pale Ale" tastes exactly the same as the "Pale Ale". Nice reviews here: http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/435/83954
I'm looking to discard this brew ASAP, after thriftily running it through my kidneys first.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 14, 2013 07:18 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at November 14, 2013 07:18 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: rickl at November 14, 2013 07:18 PM (sdi6R)
It is right there in the AoSHQ Style Book - "Those not wishing to make use of overt vulgarities may, at their option, use the ersatz term 'fcuk' as a surrogate for 'fuck'.."
Posted by: Mike Hammer at November 14, 2013 11:12 PM (aDwsi)
Somebody must have ate that page of my copy.
Posted by: steveegg at November 14, 2013 07:18 PM (o44nj)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™, drinking beer at November 14, 2013 07:19 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at November 14, 2013 07:19 PM (Xlbr8)
Well, it looks like NYC is going to return to the fun lovin' '70's real soon, now that they've elected a Marxist. What did Jagger say about 70's NY?
"They've got rats on the West Side, bedbugs...what a mess..Go ahead, bite the Big Apple, don't mind the maggots."
Posted by: Donna V. at November 14, 2013 07:19 PM (R3gO3)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™, drinking beer at November 14, 2013 07:19 PM (hO8IJ)
A "yard" as opposed to a "lawn" around a house is supposed to be the distance you can shoot one of those arrows. Hit doan git much more Anglo-Saxon that that.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at November 14, 2013 07:20 PM (xq1UY)
Posted by: Moki at November 14, 2013 07:20 PM (EvHC8)
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Div at November 14, 2013 07:21 PM (FMbng)
I see that Picture of an elderly Irena Sendler and I just want to give her a giant hug and thank her for being who she is. To think that the POS algore won the nobel instead of her nauseates me...
Posted by: Timon at November 14, 2013 07:21 PM (S7hY/)
Posted by: Northernlurker at November 14, 2013 07:21 PM (BLAfs)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 14, 2013 07:21 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: logprof at November 14, 2013 07:21 PM (fETNt)
That piece on blacksmithing the viking sword was very interesting.
Posted by: another namless intertube crank at November 14, 2013 07:23 PM (RosbJ)
Posted by: rickl at November 14, 2013 07:23 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Michael Scott at November 14, 2013 07:23 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: mpfs at November 14, 2013 07:24 PM (Fjdw8)
Posted by: CarolT at November 14, 2013 07:24 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Hrothgar Establishment RINO at November 14, 2013 07:27 PM (XdnQT)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 14, 2013 07:27 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit Chelsea [/i][/s][/b][/u] at November 14, 2013 07:27 PM (CA2NO)
Turns out, it's manufactured by Rhinelander Brewing in Monroe, WI (yup, lot's of surfin' goin' on among the cheeseheads),
There's a lot of drunks here. Some of them go swimming in Lake Michigan on New Year's Day.
Posted by: Donna V. in Surf City of the Midwest at November 14, 2013 07:28 PM (R3gO3)
Posted by: logprof at November 14, 2013 07:28 PM (fETNt)
Krugtron can suck it. High density populations are going to suck when the next plague hits. Let alone a bomb or the like going off. People need to spread out a bit.
And I can't believe the Gorical won over Ms. Sendler, what a crock of shit.
Posted by: Darth Randall at November 14, 2013 07:28 PM (KlVdw)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 14, 2013 07:29 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at November 14, 2013 07:29 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: logprof at November 14, 2013 07:29 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: kbdabear at November 14, 2013 07:29 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: Lord Global Warmening at November 14, 2013 07:30 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: Purp at November 14, 2013 11:00 PM (Xlbr
Hmmm. I wonder if that would work. You are definitely correct about one thing...in the middle of my 7.5 acres, only 1.25 is fenced. That's about all I can patrol/maintain/garden on foot anyway. Years ago I thought about extending the fence line, and then thought about how hard it would be to get all the dogs in from the outer perimeter late at night if they couldn't hear me and I couldn't hear them, and decided against it.
Posted by: HTL at November 14, 2013 07:31 PM (DV75s)
And now they've got car-B-Qs in the arrondissments.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™, drinking beer at November 14, 2013 07:31 PM (hO8IJ)
Don't believe I'll be moving into any city. Gonna stay right where I am, 20 rounds up the driveway.
Posted by: irongrampa at November 14, 2013 07:31 PM (SAMxH)
I just looked it up, onside kicks are successful 26% of the time, but that is misleading. When the other team is expecting it, it is successful 20%, but when it is a surprise it is 60%.
Still, I say 20% is pretty good and better than I thought.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 14, 2013 07:31 PM (iGPSR)
Posted by: logprof at November 14, 2013 07:32 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: Y-not, popping popcorn at November 14, 2013 07:32 PM (zDsvJ)
Posted by: logprof at November 14, 2013 07:34 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at November 14, 2013 07:35 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: logprof at November 14, 2013 07:36 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: unambiguiously anonymous at November 14, 2013 07:37 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™, drinking beer at November 14, 2013 11:31 PM (hO8IJ)
In NRO today, Veronique deRugy challenged Krugman's assessment of France as a country where everything's peachy and wonderful. She said that would come as a surprise to the French, who are worried about riots, taxes, and unemployment and are leaving the country to find work.
But what would she know? She's just from there.
Posted by: Donna V. in Surf City of the Midwest at November 14, 2013 07:37 PM (R3gO3)
More than Adrian Peterson? Sleazy fucker
It's the new societal more, baby. Get used to it. This is my America.
Posted by: Prez'nit 404 at November 14, 2013 07:38 PM (Dwehj)
You can't spell Titans withouth Tits
http://tinyurl.com/k4xxo5f
Posted by: kbdabear at November 14, 2013 07:39 PM (aTXUx)
Posted by: logprof at November 14, 2013 07:39 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at November 14, 2013 07:40 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: RWC at November 14, 2013 07:42 PM (LpbKr)
Posted by: rickl at November 14, 2013 07:42 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at November 14, 2013 07:42 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 14, 2013 07:43 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at November 14, 2013 07:44 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: 840 Chuck at November 14, 2013 07:45 PM (c14Mz)
Posted by: fluffy at November 14, 2013 07:45 PM (Ua6T/)
Posted by: RWC at November 14, 2013 07:46 PM (LpbKr)
Posted by: The Cleveland Browns at November 14, 2013 07:46 PM (Dwehj)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 14, 2013 07:46 PM (oFCZn)
Posted by: Thunderb at November 14, 2013 07:47 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at November 14, 2013 07:47 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: RWC at November 14, 2013 07:47 PM (LpbKr)
Wide boulevards and dispersal of the lower classes to the outer
districts in order to keep them from gathering in large uncontrollable
mobs and deciding to separate the heads of the elite for funzies
Wide streets the better to give the proles a whiff of grape.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 14, 2013 07:47 PM (MBqvE)
Posted by: 840 Chuck at November 14, 2013 07:48 PM (c14Mz)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at November 14, 2013 07:49 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: Joe at November 14, 2013 07:50 PM (cuNv9)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 14, 2013 07:50 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Thunderb at November 14, 2013 07:50 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 14, 2013 07:51 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Count de Monet at November 14, 2013 07:51 PM (BAS5M)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at November 14, 2013 07:52 PM (HVff2)
"she said she got it as a result of eating it and getting it on her face."
heheheh eh heheheh eh heheheh
Posted by: beavis at November 14, 2013 07:52 PM (9gNQd)
Posted by: Thunderb at November 14, 2013 07:52 PM (zOTsN)
Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at November 14, 2013 07:52 PM (GEICT)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at November 14, 2013 07:52 PM (oFCZn)
Posted by: logprof at November 14, 2013 07:53 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at November 14, 2013 07:53 PM (HVff2)
JEF has ordered insurance CEOs to White House meeting.
And the only proper CEO response is - "FU, you're not the boss of me!"
Posted by: Count de Monet at November 14, 2013 07:53 PM (BAS5M)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at November 14, 2013 11:40 PM (HVff2)
Like Robinson Crusoe it's primitive as can be.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at November 14, 2013 07:53 PM (OQjmU)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 14, 2013 07:53 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Barney F. at November 14, 2013 07:54 PM (WM1/o)
I just watched a movie called Barbara about life in the old commie east germany. Eery similarities.
Posted by: PJ at November 14, 2013 07:54 PM (ZWaLo)
Posted by: Wally Gator (Will work for hippie innerds) at November 14, 2013 07:55 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 14, 2013 07:55 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: RWC at November 14, 2013 07:56 PM (LpbKr)
Posted by: rickl at November 14, 2013 07:56 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: yankeefifth at November 14, 2013 07:57 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Hrothgar Establishment RINO at November 14, 2013 07:58 PM (XdnQT)
Posted by: CarolT at November 14, 2013 08:01 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at November 14, 2013 08:01 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: logprof at November 14, 2013 08:02 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: RWC at November 14, 2013 08:02 PM (LpbKr)
It might be worth going to the insurance meeting, just to hear how the pitchforks have turned. Someone is bound to bring it up.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at November 14, 2013 08:02 PM (xq1UY)
Posted by: CarolT at November 14, 2013 08:03 PM (z4WKX)
Well, at least Obama isn't building up the military like he was going to start a war or something. Or the secret police. Then we'd have to worry.
Posted by: another namless intertube crank at November 14, 2013 08:04 PM (RosbJ)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at November 14, 2013 08:04 PM (xq1UY)
Posted by: fluffy at November 14, 2013 08:05 PM (Ua6T/)
I noticed that just yesterday when I caught the last 20 minutes of the JFK assassination episode.
Posted by: andycanuck at November 14, 2013 08:05 PM (7Owhn)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at November 14, 2013 08:05 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: RWC at November 14, 2013 08:07 PM (LpbKr)
Posted by: Hrothgar Establishment RINO at November 14, 2013 08:07 PM (XdnQT)
Posted by: CarolT at November 14, 2013 08:07 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Hrothgar Establishment RINO at November 14, 2013 08:08 PM (XdnQT)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at November 14, 2013 08:09 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: andycanuck at November 14, 2013 08:14 PM (7Owhn)
BTW -- went to Stone Brewing's Liberty Station establishment in San Diego for dinner last week in our SoCal trip, and it was so good that the BH elected to go back the next night as well (and she's not a beer drinker). On the second night, the only thing I repeated was the soup -- different appetizers, entrees, and beers. All of it was damned good (first night's chicken schnitzel was Teh Delish). And, to top it off, they're now pouring "Stone Witty Moron" -- a black witbier.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 14, 2013 08:15 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at November 14, 2013 08:15 PM (HVff2)
Posted by: t-bird at November 14, 2013 08:16 PM (FcR7P)
Posted by: RWC at November 14, 2013 08:16 PM (LpbKr)
So short toilet paper futures. Or buy WaPo/NYT newsprint stocks.
Posted by: andycanuck at November 14, 2013 08:16 PM (7Owhn)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at November 15, 2013 12:15 AM (HVff2)
eneloops, XX version will give you 30+ hours in your vibrator
Posted by: The Dude at November 14, 2013 08:17 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: andycanuck at November 14, 2013 08:19 PM (7Owhn)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at November 14, 2013 08:19 PM (ID/92)
Posted by: andycanuck at November 14, 2013 08:20 PM (7Owhn)
Posted by: Señor Trostky at November 14, 2013 08:20 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: logprof at November 14, 2013 08:22 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: andycanuck at November 14, 2013 08:22 PM (7Owhn)
Posted by: Joe at November 15, 2013 12:19 AM (cuNv9)
They make some seriously nice brews....but it seems to also be a regional style. Coronado Brewing Company also has some fine potables. I've got a selection of San Diego craft beers that I'll be going through in the next few weeks.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 14, 2013 08:23 PM (T1005)
Posted by: andycanuck at November 14, 2013 08:24 PM (7Owhn)
Posted by: Joe at November 14, 2013 08:25 PM (cuNv9)
See the sock link for the latest Venezuelan news, comrade.
Posted by: andycanuck at November 15, 2013 12:19 AM (7Owhn)
What's the Spanish word for "Kulak"?
Posted by: Señor Trostky at November 15, 2013 12:20 AM (Vk2pI)
They're getting quite near the tipping point. If I were Samsung or Sony, there is no fcuking way I'd restock shelves there.....and when the shelves are bare, there's nothing left to loot.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 14, 2013 08:26 PM (T1005)
Posted by: CarolT at November 14, 2013 08:27 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Señor Trostky at November 14, 2013 08:27 PM (Vk2pI)
See the sock link for the latest Venezuelan news, comrade.
Posted by: andycanuck at November 15, 2013 12:19 AM (7Owhn)
What's the Spanish word for "Kulak"?
Posted by: Señor Trostky at November 15, 2013 12:20 AM (Vk2pI)
The Kulaks were mainly independent farmers, not retailers.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 14, 2013 08:28 PM (T1005)
Posted by: andycanuck at November 15, 2013 12:24 AM (7Owhn)
Temporary exhibit at the Reagan Library -- they have that ice axe on display.
It's smaller than I thought it would be.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 14, 2013 08:29 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Catherine Tramell at November 14, 2013 08:31 PM (ZyqBH)
Posted by: andycanuck at November 14, 2013 08:34 PM (7Owhn)
Posted by: CarolT at November 14, 2013 08:34 PM (z4WKX)
Just a short note to let you know I'm doing well in Tokyo, and plan on making a lot of new friends. Last night I was out playing pachinko machines and eating sushi while drinking sake.
I went home a little buzzed, well a lot buzzed, and what is completely out of character for me, I blew Tonki the houseboy. It was unexpected, but secretly I enjoyed it even after he promised to not do it. I was completely surprised when he failed in his promise, and unloaded like a sperm whale coming up for air.
We'll talk soon, and I will explain more of my exploits in Japan.
Best Wishes,
CK
Posted by: Caroline Kennedy at November 14, 2013 08:35 PM (pJF+c)
Posted by: zombie Carol Anne Burger at November 14, 2013 08:35 PM (7Owhn)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 15, 2013 12:35 AM (DmNpO)
nope
Posted by: The Dude at November 14, 2013 08:36 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Señor Trostky at November 14, 2013 08:36 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: logprof at November 14, 2013 08:36 PM (fETNt)
Posted by: Iosef Stalin, Evil Mustache Aficionado at November 14, 2013 08:38 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Rounding Error Extraordinaire at November 14, 2013 08:39 PM (ID/92)
Posted by: CarolT at November 14, 2013 08:40 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: cthulhu at November 14, 2013 08:40 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at November 14, 2013 08:42 PM (Jiol0)
Posted by: CarolT at November 14, 2013 08:42 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: andycanuck at November 14, 2013 08:43 PM (7Owhn)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 14, 2013 08:43 PM (yh0zB)
189 Algore is a soulless douchenozzle. He may or may not realize this. But we know. Oh yes, we know.
Yes, and we know the other failed Dem pres candidate still wandering around the political scene is just as embarrassing.
I mean John Kerry, really? Doing his best to help the Iranians get out of sanctions and build a bomb!
Then we have former Dem Presidents. Good old anti-Semitic Jimbo, maybe he's finally shut up and stop declaring fake elections real. And then there's Billy, lord he looked bad the last time I saw him trying to diss Obama and help his "wife". I suspect the electorate is going to think Bill & Hill are past their expiration date by 2016! We can always hope.
T
Posted by: The Farmer at November 14, 2013 08:44 PM (eBupg)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 14, 2013 08:48 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac at November 14, 2013 08:55 PM (Jiol0)
Posted by: Eton Cox at November 14, 2013 08:55 PM (QCc6B)
See the sock link for the latest Venezuelan news, comrade.
Posted by: andycanuck at November 15, 2013 12:19 AM (7Owhn)
In the Carboniferous Epoch we were promised abundance for all,
By robbing selected Peter to pay for collective Paul;
But, though we had plenty of money, there was nothing our money could buy,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: "If you don't work you die."
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 14, 2013 08:59 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: The Feudal Hat at November 14, 2013 08:59 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: The Dude at November 14, 2013 09:00 PM (vJdyz)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 15, 2013 12:48 AM (DmNpO)
Return it to pristine nature of course...for the enjoyment of all! (who can afford the gas to get there)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 14, 2013 09:00 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: CarolT at November 14, 2013 09:01 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 14, 2013 09:02 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: logprof at November 14, 2013 09:07 PM (fETNt)
@ NDH #468
"Perfecting the Places We Live and Protecting the Places We Don't". - Know your "New Urbanism". Human and Nature incompatibility combined with the desire for mortal lives as perfect as possible.
Posted by: Dane County WI at November 14, 2013 09:10 PM (LUuLj)
Posted by: Hrothgar Establishment RINO at November 14, 2013 09:13 PM (XdnQT)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 14, 2013 09:14 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: cthulhu at November 14, 2013 09:15 PM (T1005)
Posted by: The Feudal Hat at November 14, 2013 09:17 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 14, 2013 09:22 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: lou's a girl at November 14, 2013 09:23 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 15, 2013 01:02 AM (DmNpO)
Certainly, just as soon as that high speed rail link is constructed!
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 14, 2013 09:23 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Romeo13 at November 14, 2013 09:25 PM (lZBBB)
Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at November 14, 2013 09:25 PM (VVsZ2)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 14, 2013 09:25 PM (yh0zB)
More like KrugTARD.
Krugtard the Inconvinceable...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 14, 2013 09:27 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: The Political Hat at November 14, 2013 09:29 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: UWP at November 14, 2013 09:30 PM (fdXMW)
Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at November 14, 2013 09:30 PM (VVsZ2)
Never end a conversation without telling that person you Love them!!
I did tell her that! I'm glad I did!!
Posted by: lou's a girl at November 15, 2013 01:23 AM (vgd4f)
Hey, lou's....love ya.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 14, 2013 09:31 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 14, 2013 09:33 PM (DmNpO)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 15, 2013 01:33 AM (DmNpO)
And what she said.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 14, 2013 09:34 PM (T1005)
More like KrugTARD.
Krugtard the Inconvinceable...
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 15, 2013 01:27 AM (yh0zB)
=====
Smugman applies as well. Smugtard would be even better but I fear it is one too many transmorgifications away for people to follow the reference.
Posted by: jc at November 14, 2013 09:34 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: lou's a girl at November 14, 2013 09:35 PM (vgd4f)
Posted by: lou's a girl at November 14, 2013 09:39 PM (vgd4f)
But God has been really good to me!
Posted by: lou's a girl at November 15, 2013 01:35 AM (vgd4f)
Don't ever think you should "get over it" -- seek, rather, to be at peace with it. It will always be there, and it will always be coupled with the shock and dismay you felt at the time.....but you should be sustained and comforted by your relationships today.
From your short account, I took away a little bit of the pain of losing your sister, and having your mother tell you. May your pain be lessened by what I took away, and may your strength be increased by my sympathy for your loss.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 14, 2013 09:55 PM (T1005)
Posted by: LASue at November 14, 2013 09:59 PM (gjIQF)
Posted by: The Native Hat at November 14, 2013 10:05 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Div at November 14, 2013 10:17 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: navycopjoe at November 14, 2013 10:23 PM (oi+Yq)
Posted by: cthulhu at November 14, 2013 10:23 PM (T1005)
I've been telling people for years that the Left pretty much intends to reduce us all to being ants in their ant farm. Of course, the regulations are only for the little people, and not for the regulators.
Posted by: Cato at November 14, 2013 10:24 PM (J+mig)
http://tinyurl.com/m4qsk3t
Posted by: (Not) America's Hat at November 14, 2013 10:19 PM (Vk2pI)
And that's the sort of shitbird Toronto will get for mayor of Rob Ford goes down.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 14, 2013 10:27 PM (60Q+L)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian, now with 50% more sensitivity at November 14, 2013 11:47
OMG, someone else on the net admits they drank Buckhorn! Hey we were young and...certainly not getting all the govt. bennies. We could have upgraded to Lienie's. Used to be a 12 pack was 1.99, and you got 12 cents back if you took back the bottles.
FU greenies, conservative types have long been about conserving our resources.
T
Posted by: The Farmer at November 14, 2013 10:29 PM (eBupg)
Posted by: The Political Hat at November 14, 2013 10:33 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: cthulhu at November 14, 2013 10:39 PM (T1005)
UWP, the metering lights at (some) freeway on-ramps are still there. But San Diego traffic is still (usually) fairly mild by Top 10 city standards (say, 1/10,000th what the DC area has become). But there's not much urban core here - though downtown has been repopulated since the early 90s. Fairly small, though, and it was "rescued" not from east coast/Midwest style urban blight but mostly from declining or abandoned small commercial and industrial areas.
ctulhu, to my continuing amazement, San Diego is one of the top craft beer areas in the nation - some say it is actually THE top area. We don't even have water here! Since I've come back I haven't really done much beer research - more of a wine guy so lots of time in the central coast and some in Sonoma. Need to remedy that. And I recall driving by that Stone place at NTC (the old base name that older locals use for Liberty Station - which is a spectacular conversion and I believe the best one since the BRAC program started in the 80s).
I like the Ballast Point name since it refers to a spot near the mouth of the harbor that is divided between a Coast Guard station and the nuclear sub base, and just below the nuke ordnance storage caverns on Pt. Loma. A beer named for a closed, highly secure military reservation ....
Posted by: non-purist at November 14, 2013 10:42 PM (afQnV)
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Div at November 15, 2013 02:17 AM (FMbng)
====
I am gathering that you have an opinion on this subject, but I am struggling to get a glimpse of what it might be.
Posted by: jc at November 14, 2013 10:42 PM (PlzOe)
Krugtard the fucking asshole.
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Div at November 15, 2013 02:17 AM (FMbng)
====I am gathering that you have an opinion on this subject, but I am struggling to get a glimpse of what it might be.
Posted by: jc at November 15, 2013 02:42 AM (PlzOe)
===That, and I also wanted an excuse to see it in print one more time.
Posted by: jc at November 14, 2013 10:43 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: The Political Hat at November 14, 2013 10:48 PM (Vk2pI)
Posted by: cthulhu at November 15, 2013 02:39 AM (T1005)
Yup: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6szE_qmzavQ
Posted by: The Political Hat at November 15, 2013 02:48 AM (Vk2pI)
I think I'll just crawl into a hole now and hope it's all gone when I emerge.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 14, 2013 10:53 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Adriane reads GoT too much ... at November 14, 2013 10:54 PM (jdRXP)
I like the Ballast Point name since it refers to a spot near the mouth of the harbor that is divided between a Coast Guard station and the nuclear sub base, and just below the nuke ordnance storage caverns on Pt. Loma. A beer named for a closed, highly secure military reservation ....
Posted by: non-purist at November 15, 2013 02:42 AM (afQnV)
I thought the conversion worked out pretty well -- the traffic flow made more sense the second time around and parking got easier when you knew where you were going.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 14, 2013 10:55 PM (T1005)
Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at November 14, 2013 10:57 PM (VVsZ2)
Well Political Hat has already withdrawn into his underground Nevada lair, but he mentioned the political degradation of SoCal. Grew up there as it was happening, and now that he mentions it, it's a pretty good microcosm of the bewildering and devastating, light-speed decline of the country and civic culture. CA is now a group of unions with a government, which also has a state that goes with it somewhere.
Some might say San Diego is still not beyond hope, and a pitched battle. Dunno. I do know that my disgust with the people living here (I won't call them citizens - incl. my siblings and their families - because they really aren't, in effect) has me thinking I won't even bother to vote in the special coming up to replace Filthy Filner.
In a way, the stark difference between (most) Dem vs. GOP voters here is illuminating. Dem side is pretty much identity politics and voting yourself other people's money (public unions and social program "beneficiaries"); by contrast GOP voters in the primary last time spurned the Marine vet slickster for the gay council member who'd actually done something in city government. In that primary the other GOP hopeful who was widely respected was the lesbian city prosecutor. And today, the acting mayor (who refused to run for the job in the special) is a gay Hispanic, and HE gets very high marks from lots of GOP voters (duh - because of the way he does his job, nobody gives a f**k about his last name or lifestyle). No exaggeration to say that at least here the Dems have become what they pretend to fear and decry in their opposition, while their opposition is pretty much open-minded and practical.
So the Dems will probably retain the mayor's seat because of tribalism and corruption (really there's no other word for what's become of public employees and their unions' role in politics) and racism and of course the substantial Coastal Clueless Effect (Dems are cool, Repubs are some kind of Nazis or something, and hey I love your Coexist sticker on your Prius, check out my Surfrider Foundation decal in the back window dude!).
Posted by: non-purist at November 14, 2013 10:58 PM (afQnV)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 14, 2013 10:59 PM (yh0zB)
My mom always told me {when I was considering architecture school} "Remember, a doctor can only kill one patient at a time. An architect can kill a whole building's worth."
But then, this was the 70s when all those building were falling down ...
Posted by: Adriane reads GoT too much ... at November 15, 2013 02:54 AM (jdRXP)
My dad retired as the #2 engineer for the City of Los Angeles, and used to cuss out architects regularly when he got home at night......but I grew up with Architectural Record as bathroom reading. So I have a certain love/hate relationship with the profession overall.
Of course, with the granddaughter.....she and I were bonding before she could talk -- we'd go out and find banana slugs, and she'd poke 'em in the behind (which meant their eyestalks would come out to find out what was going on), then poke 'em in the head (which would retract the eyestalks for safety).
Posted by: cthulhu at November 14, 2013 11:02 PM (T1005)
How many are at their computer (or other device) commenting buck naked? Panties/Briefs? "Special" outfit?
C'mon, I know some of you are doing that right now.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at November 14, 2013 11:02 PM (LSDdO)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 14, 2013 11:02 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at November 15, 2013 03:02 AM (LSDdO)
I live with my kids. Sweatpants (cause it's f'n cold outside).
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 14, 2013 11:03 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: cthulhu at November 15, 2013 03:02 AM (T1005)
How the hell did that get to be "granddaughter"? -- it's supposed to be "goddaughter".
Posted by: cthulhu at November 14, 2013 11:04 PM (T1005)
Posted by: cthulhu at November 15, 2013 03:04 AM (T1005)
=== Secular spellcheck silly.
Posted by: jc at November 14, 2013 11:05 PM (PlzOe)
How many are at their computer (or other device) commenting buck naked? Panties/Briefs? "Special" outfit?
C'mon, I know some of you are doing that right now.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at November 15, 2013 03:02 AM (LSDdO)
I've shucked the shoes and shorts, but need to shuck the t-shirt and socks before hitting the sack.
Posted by: cthulhu at November 14, 2013 11:06 PM (T1005)
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 14, 2013 11:08 PM (yh0zB)
Ya know I have no glass on any of my rifles. Don't hunt. Wondering if I'll ever get some glass, or just stick with iron sights forever. Vision is pretty good, but don't know how that might change in a way that matters for sights.
Had a funny/frustrating reloading thing tonight. I've been having this mysterious problem where my powder die was over-flaring the .357 brass - sometimes - and I couldn't find the cause. Seems that the pulled FMJ bullets I'm using have a few under-sized. Duh!! Wasn't the press or die at all.
Well, time hit the sack. Fun day planned for Saturday, taking two friends and a French girl staying with them to the range. Will take a bunch of handguns and rifles and let them turn money into noise. Foreign students make up a constant and significant portion of the customers at the indoor range where I belong. Those evil weird Americans and their guns ..... turn out to be an irresistibly fascinating aspect of the country once these furriners actually get here and have the freedom to give it a try.
Posted by: non-purist at November 14, 2013 11:09 PM (afQnV)
Posted by: Geisha Pirate Ballerina at November 14, 2013 11:09 PM (jdRXP)
Posted by: Geisha Pirate Ballerina at November 15, 2013 03:09 AM (jdRXP)
=====
sqqqqwwwwwaaaaaaccccckkk
Posted by: the unseen parrot at November 14, 2013 11:16 PM (PlzOe)
How many are at their computer (or other device) commenting buck naked? Panties/Briefs? "Special" outfit?
C'mon, I know some of you are doing that right now.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Unexpurgated Edition) at November 15, 2013 03:02 AM (LSDdO)
Usually I'm always dressed, because I usually have a guitar in my hands when I'm at the PC, so wasting time here isn't really wasting time, and that whole naked skin thing against guitar finishes just chaffs my willie. Hey, you asked.
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Div at November 14, 2013 11:17 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: logprof at November 14, 2013 11:22 PM (fETNt)
Later roonz and roonettez. Fear no evil.
Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 14, 2013 11:23 PM (yh0zB)
Posted by: jc at November 15, 2013 02:43 AM (PlzOe)
Well then, lets improve it a bit.
Krugtard sucks dead donkey dick.
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Div at November 14, 2013 11:27 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Adriane Loves the Classics but is Easily Confused at November 14, 2013 11:34 PM (jdRXP)
Posted by: jc at November 14, 2013 11:38 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: jc at November 15, 2013 03:38 AM (PlzOe)
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come to think of it, with a sniveling little asshole like him there were probably plenty of girls that kicked his ass as well.
Posted by: jc at November 14, 2013 11:40 PM (PlzOe)
Posted by: Adriane Loves the Classics but is Easily Confused at November 14, 2013 11:48 PM (jdRXP)
Posted by: Zakn at November 15, 2013 12:19 AM (N6437)
Posted by: fastfreefall at November 15, 2013 12:22 AM (2SORG)
Nothing says "welcome home" like having your upstairs neighbor's toilet overflow and spill in to your living room.
Can't beat it. Sign me up.
Posted by: navybrat at November 15, 2013 12:46 AM (Av6y6)
Posted by: fastfreefall at November 15, 2013 12:59 AM (2SORG)
Nothing says "welcome home" like having your upstairs neighbor's toilet overflow and spill in to your living room.
Can't beat it. Sign me up.
Posted by: navybrat at November 15, 2013 04:46 AM (Av6y6)
===
Plus you get the joy of trying not to be infected by all the physical and mental illnesses going on around you.
Posted by: jc at November 15, 2013 12:59 AM (PlzOe)
Posted by: mindful webworker - whuzzup, doc? at November 15, 2013 01:16 AM (lTph4)
Posted by: mindful webworker - former evil landlord at November 15, 2013 01:35 AM (BtHg/)
I just love high density housing projects. Because nothing says "welcome
home" like listening to your neighbor's rap tunes pounding through your
house.
Nothing says "welcome home" like having your upstairs neighbor's toilet overflow and spill in to your living room.
Can't beat it. Sign me up.
Posted by: navybrat at November 15, 2013 04:46 AM (Av6y6)
===Plus you get the joy of trying not to be infected by all the physical and mental illnesses going on around you.
Posted by: jc at November 15, 2013 04:59 AM (PlzOe)"
That goes double for your kids. It seems to me that anybody who chooses to live in a city and send their kids to public school when they could afford to live elsewhere does not like their kids all that much and it would not really be all that outrageous for them to receive a visit from Child Protective Services.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at November 15, 2013 01:39 AM (BcCwi)
Posted by: Jesse at November 15, 2013 01:40 AM (kkbgQ)
Posted by: sven10077 at November 15, 2013 01:43 AM (9jfyN)
Posted by: Old Dog at November 15, 2013 01:50 AM (tQYJH)
Posted by: mindful webworker - adopted Chicagoan at November 15, 2013 01:55 AM (MosI3)
Indeed I have lived in El Paso and Columbia...
the lesson I learned was "do not live in major metro areas unless you like crime, ill manners, over taxation, and declining wealth."
Posted by: sven10077 at November 15, 2013 01:56 AM (9jfyN)
Posted by: cthulhu at November 15, 2013 02:39 AM (T1005)"
Maybe this updating of Gilbert and Sullivan will cheer you up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkJdEFf_Qg4
Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at November 15, 2013 02:01 AM (BcCwi)
Posted by: Old Dog at November 15, 2013 02:02 AM (tQYJH)
They were so impressed with the fruits of communism as far as swag goes they had to abandon it and loot the capitalist west's swag....
I have a soft spot for the East Germans my wife's dad's side was from Prussia and hey they were under Ivan's yoke for 45 years.
Posted by: sven10077 at November 15, 2013 02:04 AM (9jfyN)
Posted by: Old Dog at November 15, 2013 02:07 AM (tQYJH)
Exactly Communist engineering was so awesome they felt the Trabant was disposable.
I'll never understand why America is embracing the failed communist model.
Posted by: sven10077 at November 15, 2013 02:09 AM (9jfyN)
Posted by: mindful webworker - parody paradox at November 15, 2013 02:09 AM (Bpn3R)
Up at this still dark hour to try and find comets...found hazy low clouds instead.
Morning, all!
Posted by: DishofRed at November 15, 2013 02:12 AM (Dmq63)
Welcome, we'll never see SMOD coming....
Michelle, Venus, Serena Squatch Pride
Posted by: sven10077 at November 15, 2013 02:14 AM (9jfyN)
I think the war on suburbs may knock my in laws back into team GOP
Posted by: sven10077 at November 15, 2013 02:19 AM (9jfyN)
Not much of a morning person. Why do the stars (and comets) have to come out so early...?
Posted by: DishofRed at November 15, 2013 02:19 AM (Dmq63)
Posted by: mindful webworker - I saw Khahootek! at November 15, 2013 02:20 AM (Bpn3R)
It's that big shiny ball that Michael Mann of "OMG We're all Gonna Die Climate Change!" fame says doesn't impact climate....
Posted by: sven10077 at November 15, 2013 02:21 AM (9jfyN)
Posted by: sven10077 at November 15, 2013 02:22 AM (9jfyN)
Posted by: mindful webworker - news from Purp's thread at November 15, 2013 02:23 AM (Bpn3R)
Feeling sorta Nelson Muntz-ish "Ha-ha"
Posted by: DishofRed at November 15, 2013 02:24 AM (Dmq63)
The Bambi Backing in-laws are in Mexifornia at San Diego...
"how's your Hope McChange NOW?"
Posted by: sven10077 at November 15, 2013 02:25 AM (9jfyN)
Posted by: sven10077 at November 15, 2013 06:22 AM (9jfyN)
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There is no such thing as federal money. It was all lifted from someone. Also, money is just a time coupon, so it is all lifetime lifted from someone.
Posted by: jc at November 15, 2013 02:27 AM (PlzOe)
Posted by: DishofRed at November 15, 2013 02:29 AM (Dmq63)
575 jc at November 15, 2013 06:27 AM (PlzOe)
Oh I've gone on at length about what money is here....
the Germans are starting to get enraged at the low interest rates "destroying our pensions"...
the Govt working in alliance with the banks to artificially hold interest rates devours the necessary fruits of frugality....
Posted by: sven10077 at November 15, 2013 02:31 AM (9jfyN)
Posted by: mindful webworker - rumormonger at November 15, 2013 02:33 AM (5F76G)
Posted by: CarolT at November 15, 2013 03:44 AM (z4WKX)
Never confuse a progressive with a liberal.
Posted by: Bob at November 15, 2013 04:56 AM (DOtxt)
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